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Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Commerce and Industry Minister Launches Steel Import Monitoring System
SIMS to Give Advance Information About Steel Imports to Government and Stake Holders
Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Railways, Piyush Goyal and Minister of State for Commerce & Industry, Hardeep Singh Purilaunched Steel Import Monitoring System  in New Delhi today.
The system has been developed in consultation with Ministry of Steelon the pattern of US Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis  system.
The SIMS will provide advance information about steel imports to Government and stake holders including, steel industry , steel consumers to have effective policy interventions.
In this system, the importers of specified steel products will register in advance on the web portal of SIMS providing necessary information. The registration will be online and automatic and no human intervention is required. The importer can apply for registration not earlier than 60th day and not later than 15th day before the expected date of arrival of import consignment. The automatic Registration Number thus granted shall remain valid for a period of 75 days. The information about the steel imports provided by the importers on the SIMS will be monitored by the Steel Ministry.
Steel Import Monitoring System  has been notified with effect from 1st November, 2019 vide Notification No.17 dated 5th September, 2019.The system shall require importers to submit advance information in an online system for import of 284 steel tariff lines at 8-digit HS code in order to obtain an automatic Registration Number by paying prescribed registration fee. Importer shall have to enter the Registration Number and expiry date of Registration in the Bill of Entry to enable Customs for clearance of consignment. The SIMS will be effective from 01.11.2019, i.e., Bill of Entry on or after 01.11.2019. The facility of on line Registration will be available with effect from 16/09/2019.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 UPDATE
82.65 Cr. vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
Active cases account for less than 1% of total cases, currently at 0.90%; lowest since March 2020
India's Active caseload stands at 3,01,989; lowest in 186 days
26,964 new cases in the last 24 hours
Recovery Rate currently at 97.77%; Highest since March 2020
34,167 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 3,27,83,741
Weekly Positivity Rate  less than 3% for last 89 days
Daily positivity rate  less than 3% for last 23 days
55.67 cr Total Tests conducted so far
Ministry of Jal Shakti
Ensuring Safe Drinking Water Supply
To make provision of potable tap water supply in adequate quantity, of prescribed quality and on regular & long-term basis to every rural household by 2024, since August, 2019, Government of India in partnership with States, is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission  – Har Ghar Jal.
Under Jal Jeevan Mission, as per existing guidelines, IS 10500 is to be adopted for ensuring safe drinking water supply and States/ UTs have been advised to carry out testing of drinking water sources once in year for chemical and physical parameters and twice in a year for bacteriological parameters.
To encourage water quality testing to ensure potable drinking water supply, States/ UTs have been advised to open water quality testing laboratories to general public at a nominal rate for testing of their water samples.
States/ UTs have been advised to identify and train 5 persons preferably women in each village viz. ASHA workers, health workers, VWSC members, teachers, etc. to conduct water quality tests using FTKs/ bacteriological vials at village level and report the same on the portal
Central Ground Water Board  generates ground water quality data on regional scale during various scientific studies and ground water monitoring programme throughout the country. Data on ground water quality has been shared with concerned State Governments for taking remedial measures, awareness and monitoring of drinking water use. The revised guidelines have been issued on 24.09.2020 for regulation of ground water withdrawal by industrial, infrastructure and mining projects. The guidelines have provisions for prevention of pollution/ contamination of groundwater.
This Information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Education
Promotion of e-learning
The Ministry of Human Resource Development  has launched many schemes for promoting e-learning across students in schools & Universities.The key e-learning initiatives run by MHRD are as follows:-
 SWAYAM: The ‘Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds'  an integrated platform for online courses, using Information and Communication Technology  and covering school  to Post Graduate Level. At present, about 1000+ MOOCs Courses are listed on SWAYAM, wherein about 30 Lakhs students have enrolled to these courses. It also offers online courses for students, teachers and teacher educators
 SWAYAM Prabha: SWAYAM Prabha is an initiative to provide 32 High Quality Educational Channels through DTH  across the length and breadth of the country on 24X7 basis. It has curriculum based course content covering diverse disciplines.
 National Digital Library : The National Digital Library of India  is a project to develop a framework of virtual repository of learning resources with a single-window search facility. There are more than 153 Lakhs digital books available through the NDL.
 E-pathshala: E-books of the resources developed by National Council of Educational Research and Training , State Council of Educational Research and Training  / State Institutes of Education , State boards etc. SIEs in multiple languages and uploaded on e-pathshala website and disseminated through mobile app . E-pathshala has been listed/made available on the UMANG App of Govt. of India, which was launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India on 23 November, 2017 during GCCS-2017.
 National Repository of Open Educational Resources  : To make digital resources available for teachers and students as free and open source material. To enable the participation of the community in development and sharing of digital resources. To facilitate the adoption and creation of digital resources in different Indian languages.
During the last three financial years, the following amount were spent towards Swayam, Swayam Prabha, NDL, e-Pathshala & NROER:-
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S. No.
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Schemes
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Amount Spent
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1.
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SWAYAM
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Rs. 176 cr.
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2.
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SWAYAM Prabha
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Rs. 63.83cr.
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3.
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NDL
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Rs. 24.68cr.
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4.
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e-Pathshala/NROER
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Rs.3.13cr.
This information was given by the Minister of State , Dr. Satya Pal Singh today in a written reply to a Rajya Sabha question.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 196.62 Cr
Over 3.60 Cr 1st dose vaccines administered for age group 12-14 years
India's Active caseload currently stands at 83,990
13,313 new cases reported in the last 24 hours
Recovery Rate currently stands at 98.60%
Weekly Positivity Rate is presently at 2.81%
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 196.62 Cr  as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 2,54,44,218 sessions.
COVID-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on 16 March, 2022. So far, more than 3.60 Cr  adolescents have been administered with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Similarly, the COVID-19 precaution dose administration for age group 18-59 years also started from 10th April, 2022 onwards.
The break-up of the cumulative figure as per the provisional report till 7 am today include:
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Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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1,04,08,479
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2nd Dose
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1,00,59,077
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Precaution Dose
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55,74,660
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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1,84,22,546
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2nd Dose
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1,76,16,144
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Precaution Dose
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97,92,660
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Age Group 12-14 years
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1st Dose
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3,60,03,591
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2nd Dose
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2,17,89,092
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Age Group 15-18 years
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1st Dose
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6,01,92,784
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2nd Dose
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4,80,41,520
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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|
55,79,89,542
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2nd Dose
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|
49,89,67,321
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Precaution Dose
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22,24,238
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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20,34,01,364
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2nd Dose
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19,29,06,294
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Precaution Dose
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21,99,106
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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12,72,18,352
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2nd Dose
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12,04,59,130
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Precaution Dose
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2,29,46,073
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Precaution Dose
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4,27,36,737
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Total
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1,96,62,11,973
India’s Active Caseload currently stands at 83,990. Active cases now constitute 0.19% of the country's total Positive Cases.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.60%. 10,972 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients  is now at 4,27,36,027.
13,313 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 6,56,410 COVID-19 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 85.94 Cr  cumulative tests.
Weekly Positivity Rate in the country currently stands at 2.81% and the Daily Positivity rate is reported to be 2.03%.
Ministry of Home Affairs
NDMA discusses ‘Fire Safety in India’ on its 15th Formation Day
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri G. Kishan Reddy, inaugurated the 15th Formation Day of the National Disaster Management Authority , in New Delhi today. The theme of this year's Formation Day was ‘Fire Safety’.
During the day-long event, three technical sessions were held, which are as follows:
The First session discussed Fire Risk in India and focused on emerging issues on Fire Safety Management in the country, like Train Fires, Electric Vehicles charging stations and Fires in Warehouses. It also held presentations on the issues pertaining to Forest Fires – factors and management of forest fires and their linkages with global warming and climate change. Various aspects of Industrial Fires were also discussed.
The Second session held discussions on various measures that could be taken to prevent and mitigate fire related events. It saw presentations on how to reduce Fire risk, especially in the urban areas.
The Third Session saw presentations on challenges related with Fire Fighting Institutions and on the aspects related to the need of modernization and technological upgradation of Fire Services in the country, vis-à-vis the rapid developmental growth.
A number of National guidelines and reports prepared by NDMA for disaster risk reduction in the country were also released, which included the National Guidelines on Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction. India became the first country in the world to come out with National Guidelines on Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction. The Authority also released a series of videos on tips on how to survive a disaster with Indian Sign Language incorporated.
Other publications issued are Home Owner’s Guide for Earthquake and Cyclone Safe Homes, National Landslide Risk Management Strategy, Temporary Shelters for Disaster Affected Houses, Pocket Book on Do’s and Don’ts, Study Report on Gaja Cyclone 2018, Heat Wave Threshold Estimation Study and Earthquake Disaster Risk Index.
Addressing the valedictory session, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Dr. P. K. Mishra said, "Fire preparedness requires all relevant stakeholders - from the national right up to the local and community level - to come together." He further added that local administrations should collaborate with fire services and come up with solutions best-suited to their local contexts to reduce the response time and increase the efficiency of response.
Ministry of Labour & Employment
All-India Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural and Rural Labourers – August, 2023
The All-India Consumer Price Index Number for Agricultural Labourers and Rural Labourers  for the month of August, 2023 increased by 9 points and 8 points respectively to stand at 1224  and 1234  points respectively. The major contribution towards the rise in general index of Agricultural Labourers and Rural Labourers came from food group to the extent of 8.38 and 7.69 points respectively mainly due to increase in prices of rice, wheat atta, pulses, milk, meat-goat, sugar, gur, chillies-dry, turmeric, garlic, onion, mixed spices, etc.
The rise in index varied from State to State. In case of Agricultural Labourers, it recorded an increase of 2 to 19 points in 20 States. Tamilnadu with 1423 points topped the index table whereas Himachal pradesh with 942 points stood at the bottom.
In case of Rural Labourers, it recorded an increase of 2 to 18 points in 20 States. Andhra Pradesh with 1412 points topped the index table whereas Himachal pradesh with 1003 points stood at the bottom.
Amongst states, the maximum increase in the Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural Labourers was experienced by Meghalaya  and for Rural Labourers by Gujarat and Meghalaya  mainly due to rise in the prices of rice, pulses, beef, groundnut oil, onion, chillies green/dry, firewood, bus fare, etc.
Point to point rate of inflation based on the CPI-AL and CPI-RL stood at 7.37% and 7.12% in August, 2023 compared to 7.43% and 7.26% respectively in July, 2023 and 6.94% & 7.26% respectively during the corresponding month of the previous year. Similarly, Food inflation stood at 8.89% and 8.64% in August, 2023 compared to 8.88% and 8.63% respectively in July, 2023 and 6.16% & 6.21% respectively during the corresponding month of the previous year.
All-India Consumer Price Index Number :
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Group
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Agricultural Labourers
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Rural Labourers
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July, 2023
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August, 2023
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July, 2023
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August, 2023
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General Index
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1215
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1224
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1226
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1234
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Food
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1152
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1164
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1158
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1170
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Pan, Supari, etc.
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1992
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1994
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2002
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2004
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Fuel & Light
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1304
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1303
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1295
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1295
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Clothing, Bedding &Footwear
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1258
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1253
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1302
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1300
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Miscellaneous
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1266
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1272
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1271
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1276
The CPI – AL and RL for the month of September, 2023 will be released on 20th October, 2023.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Use of Aadhaar in Ayushman Bharat – Desirable and not “Must”
Some newspapers have reported today that the use of Aadhaar Card will be a “must” to avail benefits under the Ayushman Bharat – National Health Protection Mission.
This is factually incorrect.
Notification of the Ayushman Bharat – National Health Protection Mission being issued by MoHFW under Section 7 of the Aadhaar Act, merely enables the implementation agencies to ask for the beneficiary Aadhaar Card to authenticate their identity. In order to authenticate the identity of beneficiaries accurately, the use of Aadhaar card is preferable, but it is not a “must”. There shall be no denial of benefit for want of Aadhaar number.
The Union Health Minister Shri J P Nadda confirmed that “we will provide services to all eligible beneficiaries with or without Aadhaar cards.”
The draft notification also provides for exception handling mechanism, viz production of alternate identification mechanisms such as Ration Card, Voter ID Card, MGNREGA Card etc.  in case the beneficiary does not have an Aadhaar No. Furthermore, it also makes the implementation agencies accountable for setting up of Aadhaar enrollment centers for the beneficiaries who are not yet enrolled for Aadhaar, at convenient locations.
ABNHPM guidelines on beneficiary identification very clearly state that beneficiaries can bring Aadhar or any other valid government id decided by the State if they do not have an Aadhaar.
https://www.abnhpm.gov.in/sites/default/files/201806/GuidelinesonProcessofBeneficiaryIdentification_0.pdf
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
India and Saudi Arabia sign Agreement on Cooperation in Energy Sector
India and Saudi Arabia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the field of energy. The MoU between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was signed in New Delhi on 10th September, 2023, by Union Minister for New & Renewable Energy and Power, Government of India, Shri R. K. Singh for the Indian side and Minister of Energy for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, His Royal Highness Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud for the Saudi side.
According to the MoU, India and Saudi Arabia will cooperate in the following areas:
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- Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, Hydrogen, Electricity and Grid Interconnection between the two countries, Petroleum, Natural Gas, Strategic Petroleum Reserves and Energy Security.
- Encouraging bilateral investment in the field of Renewable Energy, Electricity, Hydrogen and Storage; and Oil & Gas.
- Circular Economy and its technologies to reduce the effects of climate change, such as: carbon capture, utilization and storage.
- Promoting digital transformation, innovation and cyber-security and artificial intelligence in the field of Energy.
- Working on developing qualitative partnerships between the two countries to localize materials, products and services related to all sectors of energy, supply chains and its technologies.
- Strengthening the cooperation with companies specialized in the field of energy.
- Any other fields related to the energy field that the two countries agree upon.
The MoU will develop a stronger partnership between India and Saudi Arabia in the field of energy. The MoU will support India’s efforts for energy transition and transformation of global energy system towards combating climate change.
Related:
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi & Prime Minister and Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman at India-Saudi Strategic Partnership Council Meeting
- Prime Minister's opening statement at the first meeting of the India-Saudi Arabia Strategic Partnership Council
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
Policy on Liquefied Natural Gas
To promote the usage and distribution of Liquefied Natural Gas , the Government has put LNG imports under Open General Licensing  category and establishment of LNG infrastructure, including LNG terminals is also under 100% FDI . The government is also promoting usage of natural gas in gaseous/liquid  through expansion of gas infrastructure including City Gas Distribution, gas grid network and development/retro fitment of LNG based vehicles etc.
As per American Petroleum Institute report on LNG operations and methodology, a typical LNG-fueled truck will have 90% lower NOx and PM emissions than diesel-fueled truck, 100% lower SOx emission, and 30% lower CO2 emissions.
LNG is imported under OGL onmutually agreed terms between buyer and sellers on techno-commercial basis.
This information was given by the Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Culture
Aakashvani Sangeet Sammelan will henceforth be called Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan
Pune: 6 February 2021
The prestigious Akashvani Music Festival, will hereinfter be named after Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi.
Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Shri Prakash Javadekar made this announcement at a Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Centenary Commemorative function organized in Pune today.
All India Radio, besides its regular music broadcasts, has endeared itself to its classical music listeners by organizing the Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan, in which prominent artistes from across the country perform.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri Javadekar said "Doordarshan and All India Radio have opened the doors of huge musical treasure of Pandit Bhimsen Joshi to the general public. These recordings are now available on YouTube and the Ministry of I&B is making efforts to reach them to larger audience across the country.
"Music has many forms and it has power to motivate us. Arya Sangeet Prasarak Mandal could function for 67 years without break because of the blessings of Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. Pandit ji was dear to one and all. The way he performed for shows in foreign countries similarly he performed for people of all the strata of life", reminisced Shri Javadekar on this occasion.
Pandit Bhimsen Joshi was conferred the Bharat Ratna award in 2009.
Pandit Bhimsen Joshi was born on 4 February 1922 at Gadag, then part of Dharwad district of Karnataka. Pune was his Karmabhoomi where he attained fame as a pre-eminent exponent of the Khayal form of singing, as well as for his popular renditions of devotional music - bhajans and abhangs.
Senior leader Sharad Pawar and Shri Vinay Sahasrabuddhe were also present on this occasion.
Pandit Joshj's disciples Upendra Bhat and Anand Bhate performed on this occasion.
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Election Commission
Schedule for bye-election to fill two casual vacancies in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly– Regarding
There are two vacancies in State of Gujarat Legislative Assembly which needs to be filled up are as follows:
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Sl.No.
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Name of State
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Number and Name of Assembly Constituency
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Gujarat
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16-Radhanpur
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Gujarat
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32-Bayad
After taking into consideration inputs from the Chief Electoral Officer, Gujarat and various factors like local festivals, electoral rolls, weather conditions etc., the Commission has decided to hold bye-elections to fill these vacancies as per the programme mentioned as under: -
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Poll Events
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Schedule
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Date of Issue of Gazette Notification
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23.09.2019 
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Last Date of Nominations
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30.09.2019 
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Date for Scrutiny of Nominations
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01.10.2019 
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Last Date for Withdrawal of candidatures
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03.10.2019 
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Date of Poll
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21.10.2019 
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Date of Counting
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24.10.2019 
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Date before which election shall be completed
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27.10.2019 
- Electoral Roll
The Electoral Rolls for the aforesaid Assembly Constituencies w.r.t 01.01.2019 as the qualifying date has been finally published. ‘
- Electronic Voting Machines  And VVPATs
The Commission has decided to use EVMs and VVPATs in the bye-election in all the polling stations. Adequate numbers of EVMs and VVPATs have been made available and all steps have been taken to ensure that the polls are conducted smoothly with the help of these machines.
- Identification of Voters
In consonance with the past practice, the Commission has decided that the voter's identification shall be mandatory in the aforementioned election at the time of poll' Electoral Photo Identity cards  shall be the main document of identification of a voter. However, in order to ensure that no voter is deprived of his/her franchise, if his/her name figures in the electoral rolls, separate instructions will be issued to allow additional documents for identification of voters at the time of poll in the said election.
- Model Code of Conduct
The Model code of conduct shall come into force with immediate effect in the district in which the whole or any part of the Parliamentary & Assembly constituency going for election is included, subject to partial modification as issued vide Commission’ s instruction No. 437/6/1NST/2016-CCS, dated 29th June, 2017 . The Model code of conduct shall be applicable to all candidates, political parties and the state Government concerned. The Model code of conduct shall also be applicable to the Union Government for the district of the State concerned.
All the instructions issued for General Elections to Legislative Assemblies of Haryana & Maharashtra shall also be applicable to the aforementioned Bye-elections.